Luis Castañeda Lossio

Óscar Luis Castañeda Lossio ( born June 21, 1945 in Chiclayo ) is a Peruvian politician and former mayor of Lima.

Castañeda is a lawyer and served on the boards of various public institutions - mainly social security systems - operate. Between 1990 and 1996, during the reign of Alberto Fujimori, he was president of the Instituto Peruano de Seguridad Social ( IPSS ). He is a member of the electoral alliance Solidaridad Nacional (National Solidarity).

On 1 January 2003 he took over the mayors in Lima by his predecessor Alberto Andrade Carmona non-party, who served from 1996 to 2002. Main goals of his policies were primarily aimed at improving the inadequate infrastructure and tackling high crime in Lima. Since taking office more neuralgic traffic jam points were disarmed and started some major road projects. Positive, the large-scale program was created by the citizens also added to the greening of the city, which increases the recreational value of the city and has solved the most glaring problems with the garbage disposal.

In October 2010, he resigned as mayor in order to focus on his candidacy for the presidential election in 2011. On election day, he got just under ten percent of the fifth-largest share of votes.